The choice of discount brand cigarettes: A comparative analysis of international tobacco control surveys in Canada and the USA (2002-2005)

Tobacco Control

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Nargis, Nigar ^a,b   Fong, Geoffrey T ^c,d   Chaloupka, Frank J ^e   Li, Qiang ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f Chinese Center of Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; TAXATION; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS; PRICE; TAXATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TAXES; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899635565     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050851     Document Type: Article

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